2 Chronicles 9:5
in 2 Chronicles 9She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
BSB
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ASV
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom.
KJV
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 9
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
The report I heard in my own country
on 2 Chronicles 9:5-6
She confesses that the report she carried from home fell short: “not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me”. Report and sight are set against each other, “until I came and saw with my own eyes,” the same structure as 1 Kings 10:6-7.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֱמֶת֙ | ʾemet | [was] truth | H571 → | 127 times |
| הַדָּבָ֔ר | hadavar | the word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי | shama'ti | I heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּאַרְצִ֑י | beartzi | in own land my | H776 → | 2504 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דְּבָרֶ֖יךָ | devareikha | words your | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חָכְמָתֶֽךָ׃ | chakhematekha | wisdom your | H2451 → | 153 times |
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙and she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אֱמֶת֙[was] truth
ʾemetH571 →127 times
הַדָּבָ֔רthe word
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁמַ֖עְתִּיI heard
shama'tiH8085 →1159 times
בְּאַרְצִ֑יin own land my
beartziH776 →2504 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
דְּבָרֶ֖יךָwords your
devareikhaH1697 →1440 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
חָכְמָתֶֽךָ׃wisdom your
chakhematekhaH2451 →153 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
1 stopEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 10:6She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 9:5–6
She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
- 2 Chronicles 9:5–6
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.